The Death Of Unpaid Internships: What It Really Means For Workers

In the first ruling of its kind, a judge decided last week that two unpaid interns at Fox Searchlight were legally employees, and should have been paid. What does this mean for the future of the unpaid internship? Will it go the way of child labor, and become a relic of a less enlightened time? And if it does, will there be fewer internships altogether, depriving countless young people of all the goodness they provide?

Abrahamson broke down the implications of the landmark ruling: "The Fox ruling really makes it clear that just because a student gets credit at their college doesn't relieve the corporation from their responsibility to pay their intern, if they're not providing the robust required training programs pursuant to the law."

Is this really the end of the unpaid internship? Will we see the triumphant return of the entry-level job? Who wins, and who loses? Watch the edited video below. (You also can watch the full version here).